
The Police Station survivors - they leave the police station in the first episode, and travel to different locations. The Church survivors - Father Romanov, Nathalie Raven, police chief Connor Heisel (Jay's father), and a few others. The Mall survivors - the largest group, loosely taking the place of the supermarket from the novella: Eve Copeland, her daughter Alex, star high school quarterback Jay Heisel, Gus Bradley the mall manager, and several dozen others. Adaptation Expansion: The original novella and 2007 movie confine the story to the perspective of one group trapped inside a super market, whereas in the series the main characters are spread across multiple locations in the town. Acquitted Too Late: Jay is killed by the mist after he rescues Alex from being devoured, and is left to die by everyone else, including Eve, which is before Kevin shares the news that Jay was innocent the whole time.
The work contains examples of the following tropes. The series was canceled after the completion of its first and only season. Unlike other versions where the mist is as indifferent as a natural disaster, this one shows signs of being a Genius Loci.
The residents of the town soon learn the situation is even more precarious as hidden within the mist are numerous monsters of various sizes that attack and kill anything that moves. It is based on the horror novella of the same name by author Stephen King.Īn unexplained mist slowly envelops the city of Bridgeville, Maine, creating an almost impenetrable barrier to visibility. The Mist is an American science fiction-horror thriller television series developed by Christian Torpe for Spike, released in 2017. What's outside there could be the least of their problems.